On Jan 8, 2008 1:38 AM, Robert Sweetnam <linux at sweetnam.eu> wrote:
> I think the answer would be no. Because no one in the sane world would
> use telnet for a shell. Even on a Local Network. And I'm open to
> corrections on that one but:
Not that I like to contradict people but telnet often can be used as a
way to poke with network ports and just make sure a specific service
works on a remote server :)
Steph
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